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Rank : Corporal

Army Number : 10037

Unit : 8th Bn and 2nd Bn

Biography :

Home address given as Mountsorrel, Leicestershire. George 'Fred' Bignell served in 8th Bn The Leicestershire Regiment during the First World War, entering France on 29.7.1915. He was awarded the M.M. as a Private (L.G. 6.1.1917, page 344) for his actions during the attack on Bazentin Wood on the Somme in mid-July in 1916. Discharged 3.3.1919. In 1923 he served with the 2nd Bn in Khartoum, Sudan. Latterly 'Fred' lived in Earl Shilton, and died in 1972, aged 76 years.

He was the son of Pte Frederick Bignell (18697) of the same Battalion, who was Killed in Action at Gueudecourt on 25.9.1916.

Date of Birth : 12.9.1895

Place of Birth : Mountsorrel, Leics

Date of Death : 15.7.1972

Place of Death : Markfield, Leics

Civil Occupation : Boiler Stoker/Night Watchman, Pinchess Shoe Factory, Earl Shilton

Period of Service : 1914-19

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France and Flanders, Sudan